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Bridgwater

Proper noun

Meaning

A habitational surname from Old English.

A market town and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I have to admit that I drive past Bridgwater quite regularly. And fast. Terry Pratchett

After 1827, it was also possible to transfer goods to Taunton via the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal at Huntworth. citation A floating harbour was constructed between 1837–1841 and the canal was extended to the harbour. Source: Internet

Annual events "Genghis Khan" float by Wick CC, parading in the Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Bridgwater is now best known for the illuminated " Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival " that attracts around 150,000 people from around the country and overseas. Source: Internet

Bridgwater Town Council was created in 2003, citation with sixteen elected members representing six wards of the town; Bower (three), Eastover (two), Hamp (three), Quantock (three), Sydenham (three) and Victoria (two). Source: Internet

Bridgwater Docks South Side in 1968 The importance of shipping and the docks started to decline after 1886, the year in which the opening of the Severn Tunnel caused a severe drop in coal imports by sea. Source: Internet

C&J Clark also had shoe factories, at one time at Bridgwater, Minehead, Westfield and Weston super Mare to provide employment outside the main summer tourist season, but those satellite sites were closed in the late 1980s, before the main site at Street. Source: Internet

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